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Banzel
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Has anyone taken banzel and it was successful but then quit working?

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My 6 yr old has Partial Complex seizures..And multi drug resistant until Banzel..Still on Keppra TID(3X/day)..The 1st wk, she had a tonic clonic seizure and didnt respond to 2 doses of Diastat
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Anyone Have Any Experience With The Med Banzel? Side Effects Etc. My Son Is Taking It And Has Little To No Appetite.
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Thank you! We have significantly decreased the Banzel and have seen a positive impact already with his appetite and demeanor.

Banzel
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Not sure what you're wondering about Banzel, but here are some factoids
Generic name: Rufinamide
Year introduced: 2008
Daily Dosage Range: adults (Phone number can only be seen by the question and… read more

Focal Onset Aware Cluster Seizures
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Has anyone have this? What treatments helped you ? My son is 13 years old and is having clusters since introducing Banzel . We removed Banzel but the cluster seizures won’t go away. He has 15 of them yesterday … any info is appreciated.

My doc does not care… I am
Looking for other doctors . I live in Dallas

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Do you know what
Type of seizures you get Did your Tell you did you ever had an EEG EKG Blood count done some Med's
Might have side effects ask your Dr questions and how many mg are the meds you ask… read more

Has Anyone Tried Xcopri? My Neurologist Is About To Try Me On It. I've Tried So Many Different Medications.
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Our daughter is still on Keppra and Banzel..Not sure how Keppra is diminishing her intractable nocturnal events. Banzel appears to reduce the frequency, intensity, and duration of events. Still… read more

Banzel Is It Like Epilum My Son He's Six Takes It Twice A Day He's Epilepsy
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I looked up on Google and that's Wat I got there's a few different types but can't trust them

Will The Apple Watch Call 911 If I Seize? There's The Fall Detection But I Recover Slowly & I Can't Cancel Fast Enough
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I know they have 911 built in. My question is if I can deactivate it so I don't accidentally have an ambulance every time I have a seizure (which has been a few times a month lately...)

Can You Set Up A New Prorogram
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I have an idea for a new program called Epilepsy Dating. Why not create a program so single epileptic members can meet others? They can search to meet a person of the same or oposite sex, provide a profile , photo and message. Many epileptic members have a hard time living alone.

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I couldn’t even turn on zoom.

What Is It Like With Epilepsy
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Have you had a seizure

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It's difficult. It changes your life forever. It changes the lives of the people around you forever. It makes stress potentially fatal (it can cause a seizure.) For people with photosensitive… read more

Sabril/Potiga/Banzel
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Hey everyone :)

I was just wondering if anyone has tried
or is on any of the meds above. ?
My past dr (and the one I have now) won't let me try them,
mainly because of the risk of vision loss.
I'm kinda curious and wondering if that has really happened ?
Or were there other effects besides the vision?

Thanks !

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I've been on two out of the three that you show about . I've been on Banzel and Potiga. Banzel never gave me bad side effects , but didn't have the best control on my seizures. Potiga was a strange… read more